WOODBURYLand Records: 1. Elizabeth Minor of Woodbury gave land to her grandson Justus Porter of Woodbury 31 March 1762, Woodbury Deeds, Vol. 13, p. 108, FHL film 6154.) Land bounds W. on Joseph Waugh, N. on Highway, E. on David Barnes, S. on Joseph & Elizabeth Waugh. 2. Elizabeth Minor of Woodbury gave land in Bethlehem to her grandson Justus Minor of Woodbury 31 March 1762, Woodbury Deeds, Vol. 13, p. 112, FHL film 6154.) Land bounds N. on John Minor, E. Nathaniel Carol, S. & W. on Peter Welton and heirs of Samuel Church. 3. Elizabeth Minor, widow and her children Elizabeth Waugh and John Minor Jun. with Eunice and Seth Avered sold to Elisha Stoddard of Woodbury one right and a quarter of a right in common and undivided land in Woodbury North Purchase and South Purchase. March 21, 1763. (Woodbury Deeds Vol. 13, p. 215, FHL film 6154.)DEATH:She is not the "Widow Elizabeth Minor" who died May 13, 1778 in Woodbury. ("History of Ancient Woodbury," by William Cothren, Vol. 3: Deaths in Woodbury: "Widow Elizabeth Minor d. May 13, 1778," p. 240. (FHL film 6181, item. 2-3.) The probate of that Elizabeth dated 25 Feb. 1779 records her will which is dated May 30, 1778 in which she names her sister Johanna Wilmott and all the wrong children and grandchildren for this family. (Register of Woodbury Probates, Vol. 7, p. 197, FHL film 6174)PROBATE IN GOSHENElizabeth Minor Last Will and Testament, 16 Sept 1777, #3916, Litchfield Connecticut Probate District, FHL film 1022349 In the name of God, Amen, I Elizabeth Minor of Goshen in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being of sound mind and memory but visited with sickness and not knowing how soon I must die do make this my last will and Testament and first of all I give my soul unto the hand of God who gave it and my body to the rest to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereafter named and as touching that worldly estate with which God has blessed me in the world, I dispose of --- the following manner. Namely my will is that all my just debts and my funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate. Item: My will is and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Minor my dwelling house and one certain bond that was given me by Hugh Hanah of the Town of Woodbury for the delivery of two cows and calves in May next and also all the money that shall be left including that that my said son has now in his hands that belongs to my estate after my debts are first paid out of it. Item: I give unto the heirs of my late daughter Elizabeth Waugh, deceased, all the money due to me for tending my said daughter in her last sickness, it being 18/-. Item: I give unto my daughter Beulah Porter the sum of ten shillings to be paid her by my executor out of my estate. Item: My will is and I do hereby give all the remainder of my estate consisting in my household furniture and wearing apparel, debts that are now due to me: Vis unto my said son John Minor and unto my daughter Unis Avered and to their heirs to be equally divided between them. Further my will is and I do hereby constitute appoint, and ordain my said son John Minor sole executor of this my last will and testament hereby reworking all other will and testaments by me made and publishing and declaring this and this only to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this 16th day of September AD 1777. Signed Elizabeth Minor, her mark. Published and declared by the testator as her last will and testament in presence of Eli-nr Norton, Samuel Norton Jun, and Nathan Norton. Ebenezer Norton is Justice of the Peace.

Records searched without success for her death: 1. Buckskin, Ross, Ohio where her son Joseph and his family are buried. They were in Ross from 1800 until their deaths in 1850 and 1861. (Tombstone Inscriptions of Buckskin Twp, FHL book 977.1 A1 No. 713, p. 4.) I also checked Ross County Wills 1798-1848 (FHL 977.182 S2r.) 2. Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices. (FHL film 3170) 3. Cemetery Records of Washington County, Penn. (974.882 V3c.) 4. There were no Minors in Southbury, Roxbury, New Brittain, Washington parishes of Woodbury. this family is exclusively in Bethlehem.